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“But you can’t win football matches if you give silly gifts away and the square ball [which led to Kilmarnock's second goal] in the second-half on this type of pitch is something we ask the players to avoid at all costs and we’ve been done, for them to go in front.

“It’s incredible you can have so much control, and playing so well and with confidence and swagger and then to completely lose your way for such a long part of the game from that first mistake.”

Eamonn Brophy celebrates with Jordan Jones after making it 1-1 (Image: SNS Group)

The results leaves Rangers three points adrift of Celtic at the top of the table, while Kilmarnock leapfrog Steven Gerrard's men to go into second place.

And the Gers boss believes his team deserves criticism following tonight's display.

Gerrard added: "This makes it a lot more difficult for us, the table won’t look nice tonight, we’ll get some criticism and rightly so. We had an awful lot of praise three weeks ago and rightly so.

"Tonight we weren’t at it, all over the pitch, and we have to suck that criticism up."